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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Hexaemeron"”.
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Geometry and light in the architecture of Guarino Guarini
… light was treated in the First Day of the Hexaemeron. Francesco Maurolyco (1494-1577) is the first modern scientist of light, and with the Galilean observations, optics moved to the forefront of European debate, as Johannes Kepler founded the theories of the lens and illumination, still …
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The Metaphysics of Light in the Hexaemeral Literature: From Philo of Alexandria to Ambrose of Milan
… biblical creation narrative (Gen. 1, so-called ‘hexaemeron’). The study argues that the early hexaemeral exegetes theorised light from a dual perspective, both physical and metaphysical. The physical exegesis explained how light emerges as the natural capacity or power of the first material …